The Company has an ESOP for the benefit of employees who meet the eligibility requirements. The ESOP trust purchased 206,310 shares of common stock in the initial public offering with proceeds from a loan with the Company. The Bank makes cash contributions to the ESOP on an annual basis sufficient to enable the ESOP to make the required loan payments to the Company. The loan bears an interest rate of 4.00% with principal and interest payable quarterly in equal installments over fourteen years. The loan is secured by the shares of the stock purchased.
As the debt is repaid, shares are released from the collateral and allocated to qualified employees based on the proportion of debt service paid during the year. Accordingly, the shares pledged as collateral are reported as unallocated ESOP shares in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As shares are released from collateral, the Company reports compensation expense equal to the current market price of the shares, and the shares become outstanding for earnings-per-share computations. The Company’s contribution expense for the ESOP was $27,662 for the nine months ended July 31, 2004.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
General
This document contains forward-looking statements, including statements about anticipated operating and financial performance, such as loan originations, operating efficiencies, loan sales, charge-offs and loan loss provisions, growth opportunities, interest rates, and deposit growth. Words such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “project,” “plan,” and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily subject to many risks and uncertainties. A number of things could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Many of the risks and uncertainties are beyond our control. Forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, assumptions, expectations, estimates, and intentions as of the date the statements are made. There is no assurance that these beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, assumptions, expectations, estimates, and intentions will be realized.
Comparison of the Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2003
The Company recorded net income of $440.4 thousand for the nine months ended July 31, 2004, which represents an increase of $32.2 thousand, or 7.9%, over the same period in 2003. The increase in net income is primarily due to an increase in net interest income partially offset by a decrease in non-interest income and an increase in non-interest expense.
Net Interest Income. Net interest income for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 increased to $2.2 million from $2.0 million for the same period in 2003 as a result of a decrease in total interest expense. Interest income for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 totaled $3.8 million as compared to $3.9 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2003. This decrease of $122.1 thousand was attributed primarily to a decrease in the average yield on interest earning assets to 5.37% for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 from 6.38% for the nine months ended July 31, 2003. This decrease was offset by an increase in the average balance of interest earning assets of $12.7 million. The average balance of net loans receivable, investment securities and other interest-earning assets increased by $3.0 million, $4.5 million and $5.3 million, respectively, while the average yields decreased by 1.01%, .22% and .57%, respectively.
Interest expense decreased to $1.6 million, representing a 16.2% decrease, for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 from $1.9 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2003 and was primarily attributable to the current interest rate environment that resulted in a lowering of the average cost of funds to 2.70% for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 as compared to 3.35% for the same period in 2003. The average balance of interest-bearing liabilities increased by $2.9 million. The average balance of deposits decreased by $454 thousand and the average balance of FHLB advances increased by $3.3 million while the average cost of deposits decreased by .69% and the average cost of advances decreased by .32%.
Loan Loss Provision. The provision for loan losses was $27 thousand for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 which is the same amount for the nine months ended July 31, 2003. The loan loss provision is based upon management’s assessment of a variety of factors, including types and amounts of nonperforming loans, historical loss experience, collectibility of collateral values and guaranties, pending legal action for collection of loans and related guaranties, and current economic conditions. The allowance represents management’s best estimate of known and inherent losses in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date that are both probable and reasonable to estimate. However, actual loan losses could exceed the amounts that have been charged to operations.
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Non-interest Income. Total non-interest income decreased to $270.7 thousand for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 compared to $297.1 thousand for the nine months ended July 31, 2003. The decrease is principally due to a reduction in service charges and fees on deposit account activity in both the transactional fees being charged and the volume of related transactions and a reduction in miscellaneous loan fees. This decrease was offset by an increase in other non-interest income generated by the earnings on bank-owned life insurance.
Non-interest Expense. Non-interest expense increased slightly to $1.8 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 from $1.7 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2003. Compensation and employee benefit expense increased by approximately $105.0 thousand. This increase was due to a normal increase in salaries, an increase in medical insurance costs, implementation of an incentive retirement plan and implementation of an employee stock ownership plan. Occupancy and equipment expense decreased by approximately $26.8 thousand. This decrease was attributable to a reduction in rental expense due to the closing of a branch office. Professional fees increased by approximately $53.9 thousand. This increase was mainly due to an increase in accounting, auditing and legal fees that resulted from becoming a public reporting company.
Additionally, the Bank currently plans to add seven full time employees to its staff over the next several years, including up to three new lending/business development officers, an assistant branch manager, and a support staff employee in each of the accounting, lending and customer service departments.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense declined to $242.3 thousand for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 from $250.5 thousand for the same period in 2003. This was due to an increase in tax-exempt investment securities as well as the purchase of bank-owned life insurance.
Comparison of the Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended July 31, 2004 and July 31, 2003
The Company recorded net income of $191.7 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2004, which represents an increase of $62.6 thousand over the same period in 2003. The increase in net income is primarily due to an increase in net interest income, partially offset by a decrease in non-interest income and an increase in non-interest expense and an increase in taxes.
Net Interest Income. Net interest income for the three months ended July 31, 2004 increased to $859.1 thousand from $657.2 thousand for the same period in 2003 as a result of a decrease in total interest expense. Interest income for the three months ended July 31, 2004 totaled $1.4 million as compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended July 31, 2003. This increase of $167.3 thousand was attributed primarily to an increase in the average balance of interest earning assets as a result of the investment of the net proceeds from the Company’s stock offering offset by a decrease in the average yield on interest earning assets.
Interest expense decreased to $556.0 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2004 from $590.6 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2003 and was primarily attributable to the current interest rate environment that resulted in a lowering of the average cost of funds to 2.64% for the three months ended July 31, 2004 as compared to 3.13% for the same period in 2003.
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Loan Loss Provision. The provision for loan losses was $9,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2004 which is the same amount as for the three months ended July 31, 2003. The loan loss provision is based upon management’s assessment of a variety of factors, including types and amounts of nonperforming loans, historical loss experience, collectibility of collateral values and guaranties, pending legal action for collection of loans and related guaranties, and current economic conditions. The allowance represents management’s best estimate of known and inherent losses in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date that are both probable and reasonable to estimate. However, actual loan losses could exceed the amounts that have been charged to operations.
Non-interest Income. Total non-interest income decreased to $92.7 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2004 compared to $97.8 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2003. The decrease is principally due to a reduction in service fees on deposit accounts, a reduction in miscellaneous loan fee income offset by the income generated by the purchase of a bank-owned life insurance policy.
Non-interest Expense. Non-interest expense increased to $644.8 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2004 from $539.1 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2003. Compensation and employee benefit expense increased by approximately $64.8 thousand. This increase was due to a normal increase in salaries, an increase in medical insurance costs, the implementation of an incentive retirement plan and the implementation of an employee stock ownership plan. Miscellaneous operating expenses increased by approximately $40.6 thousand. This increase was due to an increase in loan origination expenses and an increase in professional fees that resulted from becoming a public reporting company.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense increased to $106.3 thousand for the three months ended July 31, 2004 from $77.7 thousand for the same period in 2003. This was due to an increase in income before taxes.
Comparison of Financial Condition at July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003
Assets and Liabilities. The Company’s total assets increased by $30.9 million to $118.2 million at July 31, 2004 from $87.4 million at October 31, 2003.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $2.3 million at July 31, 2004 from $6.3 million at October 31, 2003. Cash and cash equivalents decreased during the period as funds were utilized to purchase securities and fund loan originations.
Investment securities available for sale increased by $25.4 million to $52.7 million at July 31, 2004 from $27.3 million at October 31, 2003. The increase is due to investment purchases primarily in U. S. government mortgage-backed securities which were partially offset by investment calls and maturities and principal repayment on mortgage-backed securities. The Company funded this growth through an increase in borrowing from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, along with the utilization of excess cash and cash equivalents and the reinvestment of called and matured securities during the nine months ended July 31, 2004.
Net loans receivable increased $7.0 million, or 13.8%, to $57.8 million at July 31, 2004 from $50.7 million at October 31, 2003, as the Company continued to experience strong loan production and repayments were more moderate. The increase in net loans receivable was the result of increases in single family 1-4 residential mortgages which includes owner and non-owner occupied properties, home equity loans and construction financing.
The allowance for loan losses increased to $267.8 thousand at July 31, 2004 from $262.5 thousand at October 31, 2003 and represented 0.46% of the gross loan portfolio at July 31, 2004. The Company had nonaccrual loans of $92.5 thousand and $369.8 thousand at July 31, 2004 and October 31, 2003, respectively. Management does not believe the nonaccrual loans or any amounts classified as nonperforming will have a significant effect on operations or liquidity in 2004. Furthermore, management is not aware of any trends or uncertainties related to any loans classified as doubtful or substandard that might have a material effect on earnings, liquidity or capital resources.
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Total deposits decreased to $69.5 million at July 31, 2004 from $72.3 million at October 31, 2003. This was primarily a result of a decrease in certificates of deposit offset by an increase in core accounts. Although time deposits declined, they continued to account for 68.22% of the total deposit portfolio and remain a dominant source of funds.
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings increased to $16.6 million at July 31, 2004 from $6.6 million at October 31, 2003. The Company borrowed funds from the FHLB to fund the purchase of U. S. government mortgage-backed securities.
Stockholders’ Equity. Total stockholders’ equity increased $23.3 million to $31.0 million at July 31, 2004 from October 31, 2003. This increase was attributable to net proceeds of $23.0 million in connection with the Company’s initial public offering, and net income of $440.4 thousand, offset by accumulated other comprehensive loss of $221.0 thousand. Accumulated other comprehensive income decreased as a result of changes in the net unrealized loss on investment securities available for sale. Because of interest rate volatility, accumulated other comprehensive income could materially fluctuate for each interim period and year end period depending on economic and interest rate conditions.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity. Liquidity management for the Company is measured and monitored on both a short- and long-term basis, allowing management to better understand and react to emerging balance sheet trends. After assessing actual and projected cash flow needs, management seeks to obtain funding at the most economical cost to the Company. Both short- and long-term liquidity needs are addressed by maturities and sales of investments securities, and loan repayments and maturities. The use of these resources, in conjunction with access to credit, provides the core ingredients for satisfying depositor, borrower, and creditor needs.
The Company’s liquid assets consist of cash and cash equivalents, certificates of deposit in other financial institutions and investment securities classified as available for sale. The level of these assets is dependent on the Company’s operating, investing, and financing activities during any given period. At July 31, 2004, cash and cash equivalents totaled approximately $2.3 million, or 2.0% of total assets while investment securities classified as available for sale and certificates of deposit in other financial institutions totaled approximately $52.7 million, or 44.6% of total assets. Management believes that the liquidity needs of the Company are satisfied by the current balance of cash and cash equivalents, readily available access to traditional funding sources, FHLB advances, and the portion of the investment and loan portfolios that mature within one year.
Operating activities provided net cash of approximately $933.6 thousand and $483.5 thousand for the nine months ended July 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Investing activities consist primarily of loan originations and repayments and investment purchases and maturities. For the nine months ended July 31, 2004, these cash usages primarily consisted of investment purchases of $34.4 million, an increase in net loan receivable of $7.0 million, the purchase of bank-owned life insurance in the amount of $1.8 million and the purchase of Federal Home Loan Bank stock in the amount of $403.4 thousand. Partially offsetting the usage of investment activities is $8.5 million of proceeds from investment security maturities and repayments. For the same period ended 2003, cash usages primarily consisted of investment purchases of $21.3 million and the purchase of Federal Home Loan Bank stock of $92.9 thousand. Partially offsetting the usage of investment activities were net repayment of loans in the amount of $2.2 million and proceeds from repayments and maturities of investment securities in the amount of $16.2 million. For both periods, the lower interest rate environment has resulted in numerous securities being called and one-to-four family loans being refinanced.
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Financing activities consist of the solicitation and repayment of customer deposits, borrowings and repayments, and advances by borrowers for taxes and insurance and the issuance of common stock. For the nine months ended July 31, 2004, net cash provided by financing activities totaled $30.2 million and was principally from the net proceeds derived from common stock sold in the Company’s initial public offering of $23.0 million and an increase in Federal Home Loan Bank advances in the amount of $10.0 million offset by a decrease in deposits of $2.7 million. For the same period in 2003, net cash provided by financing activities totaled $439.8 thousand and was primarily from an increase in deposits.
Liquidity may be adversely affected by unexpected deposit outflows, interest rates paid by competitors, and similar matters. Management monitors projected liquidity needs and determines the level desirable, based in part on the Company’s commitment to make loans, as well as management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to generate funds. The Bank anticipates that it will have sufficient liquidity to satisfy expected short-term and long-term funding needs.
Capital. The Company’s primary source of capital has been retained earnings. Historically, the Bank has generated net retained income to support normal growth and expansion. The proceeds of the stock offering in connection with the Company’s recently completed mutual-to-stock conversion are part of management’s new capital planning policy to ensure compliance with regulations and to permit future expansion. The infusion of this new capital significantly increased the Company’s capital resources by increasing equity.
The Bank is subject to federal regulations imposing minimum capital requirements. Management monitors the Bank’s total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, and Tier I leverage capital ratios to assess compliance with regulatory guidelines. At July 31, 2004, the Bank exceeded the minimum capital ratio requirements.
ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on their evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)), the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. During the quarter under report, the Company made a change in the firm that performs the internal audit function for the Bank. The Company still believes there was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
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ITEM 2. | CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND SMALL BUSINESS ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES |
| | | (1) | The effective date of the Form SB-2 was March 11, 2004 and the Commission file number was 333-112153. |
| | | (2) | The Offering commenced on May 5, 2004. |
| | | (4) | (i) | The offering has terminated with the sale of all securities registered; |
| | | | (ii) | The name of the managing underwriter: Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. |
| | | | (iii) | Common stock, par value $.10 per share was registered; |
| | | | (iv) | Amount registered – 2,578,875 shares; |
| | | | | Aggregate price of offering amount registered – $25,788,750; |
| | | | (v) | Expenses of the offering which were direct or indirect payments to others; |
| | | | | Expense paid to and for underwriters – $317,888; |
| | | | | Other expenses – $371,316; |
| | | | | Total expenses – $689,204; |
| | | | (vi) | Net offering proceeds – $25,099,546; |
| | | | (vii) | Direct or indirect payments to affiliates: |
| | | | | Loan to ESOP of subsidiary bank – $2,063,100; |
| | | | | Purchase outstanding stock of subsidiary bank – $12,549,773; |
| | | | | Non interest checking account with subsidiary bank – $10,486,672 |
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ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
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ITEM 4. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
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ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K |
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| | 3(i) | Articles of Incorporation of SE Financial Corp. * |
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| | 3(ii) | Bylaws of SE Financial Corp. * |
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| | 4 | Specimen Stock Certificate of SE Financial Corp. * |
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| | 10.1 | Executive Life Insurance Plan ** |
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| | 10.2 | Directors’ Incentive Retirement Plan ** |
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| | 10.3 | Executive Officers’ Incentive Retirement Plan ** |
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| | 31.1 | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – Frank S. DePaolo |
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| | 31.2 | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – Joseph Sidebotham |
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| | 32 | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| | 99.1 | Independent Accountant’s Report |
| | | A current report on Form 8-K, dated May 5, 2004, was filed by the Company on May 5, 2004 with respect to the Company’s press release announcing the receipt of regulatory and member approval on its plan to convert to stock ownership, under Item 5. |
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| | | A current report on Form 8-K, dated June 1, 2004, was filed by the Company on June 1, 2004 with respect to the Company’s press release announcing earnings results for the period ended April 30, 2004, under Item 7. |
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| | | A current report on Form 8-K, dated August 18, 2004, was filed by the Company on August 18, 2004 with respect to the Company’s press release announcing a declaration of a cash dividend, under Item 5. |
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| | | A current report on Form 8-K, dated August 25, 2004, was filed by the Company on August 25, 2004 with respect to the Company’s press release announcing earnings results for the period ended July 31, 2004, under Item 2.02. |
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| * | Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-112153) filed with the SEC on January 23, 2004. |
| ** | Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-112153) filed with the SEC on March 1, 2004. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| | SE FINANCIAL CORP. |
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Date: September 10, 2004 | | /s/ Frank S. DePaolo |
| | Frank S. DePaolo |
| | President and CEO |
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Date: September 10, 2004 | | /s/ Joseph Sidebotham |
| | Joseph Sidebotham |
| | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial |
| | Officer and Controller |
| | (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer) |